overcome: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 15 letter points · starts with O · ends with E
Meaning of overcome
verb
- transitive
To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
- intransitive
To prevail.
- transitive
To recover from (a difficulty), to get over.
- transitive
To win against or prevail over in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
Example: to overcome enemies in battle
Listed forms: overcomes, overcoming, overcame.
Source: Wiktionary — overcome.
noun
- Scotland
The burden or recurring theme in a song.
- Scotland
A surplus.
Listed forms: overcomes.
Source: Wiktionary — overcome.
adj
- not-comparable
That has been overcome, prevailed over.
Source: Wiktionary — overcome.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for overcome.
verb
win a victory over
- get the better of
- defeat
verb
get on top of; deal with successfully
verb
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
verb
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
- get the best
- have the best
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is overcome in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of overcome
O(1) + V(4) + E(1) + R(1) + C(3) + O(1) + M(3) + E(1) = 15 points.
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Anagrams of overcome
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from overcome
54 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in overcome. Showing up to 24, longest first.